Restaurants, cafeterias and fast-food establishments where the core activity is preparing and serving meals for immediate consumption.
Use this path when customers come to the establishment, order prepared food and consume it there or through the restaurant's normal service model.
Use for cloud kitchens or home-based kitchens operated for commercial food supply.
NIC 562100 Event catering that includes the food preparation and supply based on contractual agreements, at the location specified by the customer, for a specific eventUse when food is prepared and supplied for events or contracts at a customer location.
NIC 551001 Accommodation (typically on a daily or weekly basis) for short stays provided by hotels, resorts, inns, motels, including accommodation in houseboats with reactive customer servicesUse when short-stay accommodation is the main service and food is secondary.
For a typical restaurant, cafeteria or fast-food establishment, the primary NIC 2025 code to investigate is 561001.
Not always. A cloud kitchen without normal customer seating should be compared with NIC 561005.
For a typical restaurant, the primary NIC 2025 code to investigate is 561001 - Activities of restaurants (with or without bar), cafeterias and fast-food restaurants.
Use this page as a shortlist and then verify the final code against the linked official NIC page. NIC describes the economic activity. It does not issue a licence, replace GST/HSN/SAC classification, or guarantee approval in Udyam, MCA or any regulated filing.
Choose the NIC code that matches the principal activity, usually the activity that generates the largest share of revenue or best describes the entity being registered.